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The Secrets of Indigenous Art Major exhibitions are upending the way people understand Native American and Aboriginal artists.

The impact that Indigenous art had on European and American artists is well known—but lesser known is the influence of Europeans on Indigenous artists. Many major exhibitions are now exploring this phenomenon, Susan Tellman writes.

Just finished Herbert Marcuse’s Counterrevolution and Revolt. Really prophetic book from the Nixon era about how left-wing movements can move on when there is no clear political agent for progressive change and far-right authoritarianism is on the rise.

@jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social !!

Lélia Gonzalez, intérprete do capitalismo brasileiro Como intelectual-militante pioneira do feminismo negro no mundo, Léila Gonzalez ofereceu uma fértil perspectiva para compreender a formação contraditória do capitalismo dependente. Seu legado, invisib...

Intelectual e militante pioneira do feminismo negro no mundo, Léila Gonzalez, nasceu neste dia em 1935. Seu legado, invisibilizado na academia, nos ajuda a entender o capitalismo tardio e a tripla opressão de raça, gênero e classe na América Latina.

The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll

Do a deal with them in this context? These people are rotten on the inside.

Let me predict what "ideas and projects" the "scholars" associated with this "center" are going to come up with to "help academic institutions regain the public trust": kill higher ed unions, turn everyone into an adjunct, ban ethnic and gender studies, and sell the classroom to AI companies.

📚Join us for the book launch of a major new contribution to authoritarian politics, unveiling fresh evidence on how factional dynamics shape legislative power across dictatorships
✍️Author: Emilia Simison
🗓️25 Feb 2026
⏲️13:00 – 14:30
📍51 Gordon Square
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

We know what we saw.

People hate data centers, so the industry is spending millions to rebrand them The advertisements tout jobs, clean energy, and lower bills, but skepticism is in order.

The AI industry hopes to win your hearts and minds. Please ready your bullshit detectors.

Very much looking forward to this - Silicon Empires by @nsrnicek.bsky.social is the best book I've read on the political economy of AI

ATENÇÃO, povo de Salvadolores.

Nesta segunda, às 11 h, será colocada a placa de sinalização do sítio arqueológico Cemitério dos Africanos, homenageando os malês que ali foram sepultados.
Este ato abre uma nova fase daquele que será um dos maiores processos de reparação histórica no Brasil.
Vamos?

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Christopher Hill added a new dimension with his study of the radicals in the English Revolution, the Levellers, Diggers, Seekers, Ranters, and Quakers who wanted to “turn the world upside down.” Hill treated them as thinkers and wrote an intellectual history from below.

The Lula government is developing a project that will allow the public to directly influence the drafting of the federal budget. The initiative, called the People's Budget (Orçamento do Povo), aims to encourage citizen participation in the allocation of public funds.

Livraço!

How Charco Press is giving South American literature a new spotlight - Monocle Latin American literature in translation is continuing to find success, especially works by women writers. Charco Press is leading the charge. Monocle speaks with Carolina Orloff, its founder, about t...

What a treat to come across this article in Monocle about @charcopress.com (@jacquiwine.bsky.social got me hooked on their publications last year).
monocle.com/culture/book...
One of the many fab links in @bookjotter.bsky.social's weekly wind-up of #bookish ephemera.
bookjotter.com/2026/01/10/w...

It has been an honor to write this essay with @erinrpineda.bsky.social. It introduces our South Atlantic Quarterly's special issue on the criminalization of dissent, on which we have been working since March 2024.
Forthcoming in October!

Let Justice Roll Down "Those who expected a cheap victory in a climate of complacency were shocked into reality by Selma."

From 1961 to 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for us. In 1965, he wrote about the power of demonstrations and the "legislation written in the streets." www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The PT (Workers' Party) was the party that grew the most in Brazil in 2025. Most other parties shrank during that period.

The Last Steep Ascent New obstacles should not be deplored but welcomed because their presence proves we are closer to the ultimate decision.

From 1961 to 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for us on the state of civil rights and race relations in America. In this piece from 1966, he wrote about economic justice as the next struggle for the civil rights movement. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Opinion | Lula: This Hemisphere Belongs to All of Us

Lula on the recent geopolitical crisis:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...

The Economist strikes again.

“Yanuni”: Film Follows Brazilian Indigenous Leader Juma Xipaia’s Fight for the Amazon The documentary Yanuni profiles Indigenous chief and activist Juma Xipaia, who has survived six assassination attempts while defending her people’s land from illegal gold miners and deforestation. The...

The documentary "Yanuni" profiles Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia, who has survived six assassination attempts while defending her land from illegal gold miners and deforestation.

People Are Working Hard, But They’re Still Homeless A new book by Brian Goldstone shows that hard-working people still end up homeless, showing the need for serious changes to housing policy.

A wide-ranging UC San Francisco study found that sky-high rents are forcing people into homeless.

Middle- and working-class tenants need urgent help.

They need rent control.

Map of state higher ed restrictions

The scale and speed of state censorship of campus really is amazing.
More than half of America's college students attend institutions in states that have passed laws censoring higher education since 2021.
From @penamerica.bsky.social
pen.org/report/ameri...

Brazil’s Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books Former president convicted for coup plot to take advantage of law that knocks four days off jail term for each book read

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

CFP: Navigating Digital Humanities Careers Beyond the Ivory Tower | Debates in the Digital Humanities Transforming scholarly publications into living digital works

How does DH travel outside the academy? What impact and what careers do DH skills enable? CFP for our next excellent (and necessary) book in the DDH series, edited by Jeanelle Horcasitas, @lisaironcutter.bsky.social, and @kallewesterling.bsky.social

dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/cfp-dh-...

Denver schools blocking ChatGPT over concerns about group chats, ‘adult content’ District officials said the popular AI chatbot’s new features could lead to cyberbullying and expose students to content related to self-harm and violence.

I predicted this would happen with greater frequency in schools and districts.